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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Weld  \Weld\,  n.  [OE.  welde;  akin  to  Scot.  wald,  Prov.  G.  waude, 
  G.  wau,  Dan.  &  Sw  vau,  D.  wouw.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  An  herb  ({Reseda  luteola})  related  to  mignonette, 
  growing  in  Europe,  and  to  some  extent  in  America;  dyer's 
  broom;  dyer's  rocket;  dyer's  weed;  wild  woad.  It  is  used 
  by  dyers  to  give  a  yellow  color.  [Written  also  {woald}, 
  {wold},  and  {would}.] 
 
  2.  Coloring  matter  or  dye  extracted  from  this  plant. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Will  \Will\,  v.  t.  &  auxiliary.  [imp.  {Would}.  Indic.  present,  I 
  will  (Obs.  I  wol),  thou  wilt,  he  will  (Obs.  he  wol);  we  ye 
  they  will.]  [OE.  willen,  imp.  wolde;  akin  to  OS  willan, 
  OFries  willa,  D.  willen,  G.  wollen,  OHG.  wollan,  wellan, 
  Icel.  &  Sw  vilja,  Dan.  ville,  Goth.  wiljan  OSlav.  voliti, 
  L.  velle  to  wish,  volo  I  wish;  cf  Skr.  v[.r]  to  choose  to 
  prefer.  Cf  {Voluntary},  {Welcome},  {Well},  adv.] 
  1.  To  wish;  to  desire;  to  incline  to  have 
 
  A  wife  as  of  herself  no  thing  ne  sholde  [should] 
  Wille  in  effect,  but  as  her  husband  wolde  [would]. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  Caleb  said  unto  her  What  will  thou  ?  --Judg.  i.  14. 
 
  They  would  none  of  my  counsel.  --Prov.  i.  30. 
 
  2.  As  an  auxiliary,  will  is  used  to  denote  futurity  dependent 
  on  the  verb  Thus  in  first  person,  ``I  will''  denotes 
  willingness,  consent,  promise;  and  when  ``will''  is 
  emphasized,  it  denotes  determination  or  fixed  purpose;  as 
  I  will  go  if  you  wish;  I  will  go  at  all  hazards.  In  the 
  second  and  third  persons,  the  idea  of  distinct  volition, 
  wish,  or  purpose  is  evanescent,  and  simple  certainty  is 
  appropriately  expressed;  as  ``You  will  go,''  or  ``He  will 
  go,''  describes  a  future  event  as  a  fact  only.  To 
  emphasize  will  denotes  (according  to  the  tone  or  context) 
  certain  futurity  or  fixed  determination. 
 
  Note:  Will  auxiliary,  may  be  used  elliptically  for  will  go 
  ``I'll  to  her  lodgings.''  --Marlowe. 
 
  Note:  As  in  shall  (which  see),  the  second  and  third  persons 
  may  be  virtually  converted  into  the  first  either  by 
  question  or  indirect  statement,  so  as  to  receive  the 
  meaning  which  belongs  to  will  in  that  person;  thus 
  ``Will  you  go?''  (answer,  ``I  will  go'')  asks  assent, 
  requests,  etc.;  while  ``Will  he  go?''  simply  inquires 
  concerning  futurity;  thus  also,``He  says  or  thinks  he 
  will  go,''  ``You  say  or  think  you  will  go,''  both 
  signify  willingness  or  consent. 
 
  Note:  Would  as  the  preterit  of  will  is  chiefly  employed  in 
  conditional,  subjunctive,  or  optative  senses  as  he 
  would  go  if  he  could  he  could  go  if  he  would  he  said 
  that  he  would  go  I  would  fain  go  but  can  not  I  would 
  that  I  were  young  again  and  other  like  phrases.  In  the 
  last  use  the  first  personal  pronoun  is  often  omitted; 
  as  would  that  he  were  here  would  to  Heaven  that  it 
  were  so  and  omitting  the  to  in  such  an  adjuration. 
  ``Would  God  I  had  died  for  thee.''  Would  is  used  for 
  both  present  and  future  time,  in  conditional 
  propositions,  and  would  have  for  past  time;  as  he 
  would  go  now  if  he  were  ready;  if  it  should  rain,  he 
  would  not  go  he  would  have  gone,  had  he  been  able. 
  Would  not  as  also  will  not  signifies  refusal.  ``He 
  was  angry,  and  would  not  go  in.''  --Luke  xv  28.  Would 
  is  never  a  past  participle. 
 
  Note:  In  Ireland,  Scotland,  and  the  United  States,  especially 
  in  the  southern  and  western  portions  of  the  United 
  States,  shall  and  will  should  and  would  are  often 
  misused,  as  in  the  following  examples: 
 
  I  am  able  to  devote  as  much  time  and  attention  to 
  other  subjects  as  I  will  [shall]  be  under  the 
  necessity  of  doing  next  winter.  --Chalmers. 
 
  A  countryman,  telling  us  what  he  had  seen, 
  remarked  that  if  the  conflagration  went  on  as  it 
  was  doing  we  would  [should]  have  as  our  next 
  season's  employment,  the  Old  Town  of  Edinburgh  to 
  rebuild.  --H.  Miller. 
 
  I  feel  assured  that  I  will  [shall]  not  have  the 
  misfortune  to  find  conflicting  views  held  by  one 
  so  enlightened  as  your  excellency.  --J.  Y.  Mason. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Would  \Would\,  imp.  of  {Will}.  [OE.  &  AS  wolde.  See  {Will},  v. 
  t.] 
  Commonly  used  as  an  auxiliary  verb  either  in  the  past  tense 
  or  in  the  conditional  or  optative  present.  See  2d  &  3d 
  {Will}. 
 
  Note:  Would  was  formerly  used  also  as  the  past  participle  of 
  {Will}. 
 
  Right  as  our  Lord  hath  would  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Would  \Would\,  n. 
  See  2d  {Weld}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  would 
  v  :  expresses  conditionality  or  possibility;  "I  would  accept  the 
  offer  if  you  upped  the  salary  a  bit" 




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